ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, THRISSUR

St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, is a government-aided Catholic college located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It began as a lower secondary school in 1889, founded by Mar Adolphus Edwin Medlycott, the first Vicar Apostolic of Thrissur, and was named St. Thomas' College. In 1918 it was raised to a second-grade college in arts, affiliated to the University of Madras, and in April 1925 it became a first-grade college, the second non-government college in Kerala to achieve that status. It is the first Catholic college in Kerala and is run by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur. The college is currently affiliated with the University of Calicut. It attained Autonomous status in 2014 and was recognised as a College with Potential for Excellence by the University Grants Commission in 2016. In October 2022, it was accredited with an A++ grade in its fourth NAAC cycle, scoring a CGPA of 3.70. In 2024, it was ranked 57th among colleges in India by the NIRF. The college offers graduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. programmes across twenty-four teaching departments, including ten research departments and thirteen postgraduate departments, with 140 teachers.